![]() ![]() ![]() Sophie isn’t in the food business, but she and her friends gather daily in her homey kitchen to produce and share amazing meals-and discuss clues and theories for the latest murder.Ī kitchen, by the way, is the perfect setting for a murderous plot-it’s hot, fast, heavy work, involving people who are probably more accustomed to acting on their feelings than talking them out. Sophie Winston lives in historic Old Town Alexandria, across the street from three sidekicks, her best friend, her childhood rival, and her beloved but ex, husband. Krista Davis’s Domestic Diva series comes to mind. Readers yearn to live in that town or befriend those characters. Other writers are particularly good at using food to show connections between people and bring the surrounding community to life. ![]() Repeat readers know the menu by heart (fish chowder, lobster, steamers, corn on the cob, a roasted onion, baked potato, a boiled egg, and blueberry crumble), and know to expect a murder with a family-and-friends twist. Those books set in the summer season include scenes at the bake. Her main character, Julia Snowden, returned home to a small town in Maine to help save her family’s clambake business. Barbara Ross’s Maine Clambake mysteries are a good example. ![]() Like Davidson, other authors use food as the engine for their books, meaning the characters work with food so it’s always a part of the story. Food can do more than provide fuel to a book’s characters. ![]()
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